Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence

Course overview

Domestic violence also called family violence interpersonal violence or intimate partner violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors including physical sexual and psychological attacks as well as economic coercion that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partners. The violence can happen all the time or only occasionally. Partners may be married or not heterosexual gay or lesbian living together separated or dating. It crosses the boundaries of all ages socio economic statuses religions races ethnicities and nationalities. This course also discusses the challenges victims face in the Covid 19 pandemic. This activity is designed to meet the mandatory continuing education requirement and will review the indicators of violence community stakeholders and their important roles when violence occurs along with resources to care and support victims of violence. Lastly this course can be used to develop or extend your institution's response policy procedure or protocol to intimate violence.